Description
A soldier carved out this folky pipe bowl of hard burl wood and to commemorate presumably his participation in the battle there in June of 1863, he carved the place name upon it. The deer, a ten point buck is integral with the bowl with “Chancellorsville” cut into two separate raised sections between the antlers. It appears that lead was used to form the eyes, a local substance common to military camps.
I thought that perhaps a volunteer soldier from Vermont may have taken the deer as a symbol of his state, or nothing more than a young man longing to hunt deer, not men.
From the flat of the bowl to the snout is approximately 4 inches. The section that extends to the rear to accept the stem is wide, allowing a hole to be made through the wood for holding the stem firmly to the bowl by use of a chain and pin?
Came from a show, and no history other than what I can guess at. Most certainly the real deal!
USPS Priority Mail $14.00
